Staff and Professional Education and Training

Pacific Clinics Training Institute Welcomes You…

The Pacific Clinics Training Institute (PCTI) is committed to advancing behavioral healthcare by providing high quality, culturally-responsive continuing education and training to the behavioral health workforce, educators, and other nonprofit service providers as well as Individual community members and family members

Consumer and Community Training Programs

Mental Health Worker Training Course

A certificated Paraprofessional Mental Health Worker Training Program for adults is funded through the MHSA and Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.  Students may be consumers, family members or other members of the community.  The course is offered via collaborative Pasadena City College classes and Pacific Clinics field training and internships.  A similar program for transitional age youth is funded by private grants. Recent trainings have included modules on Health Navigation and Benefits Establishment. 

Recovery Education Institute

Through the Orange County Health Care Agency, the Clinics-administrated Recovery Education Institute (REI) located in the city of Orange works in collaboration with Saddleback and Santa Ana Colleges to help put persons with “lived experience” of mental illness (which can also include family members) on a path to gaining their Associate of Arts or other educational degree in the mental health or other fields.  The program offers five components: (1) Workshop courses; (2) Prevocational courses; (3) College-credit courses; (4) Extended education courses; and (5) Student advisement.

For more information, contact the program by E-mail: OCREI@pacificclinics.org or phone: 714-244-4322.

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